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Reseal shower tray

£50

Great cooking. Lovely personality

Home dinner party chef to hire

£200

Fab service!!! Lovely bloke, we’ll be using again.

Trampoline

£100

Deborah is a lovely girl easy to talk to and very respectful , she's a pleasure and very good at her job did a fantastic job for me would totally recommend 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Need tree put up and decorated

£150

Highly recommended!

Sealing shower Tray

£80

Well done on your first job, some room for improvement but overall entertaining

Happy birthday

£60

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£120

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Cooking is one of those skills that takes a moment to learn but a lifetime to master. Those who choose to master it over a lifetime are generally highly sought after, and for good reason.

Whether you’re a catering company who needs a chef to help serve up food at a gala event, a restaurant who requires the short term assistance of a chef while they search for a long term staffer, or perhaps even a hopeless romantic who wants to engage the services of a private chef to make an anniversary particularly special, you can now gain access to a huge amount of talent, and all at the click of a button.

Simply tell us about the job that you’d like the chef to do and suggest what you’d be willing to pay, and you’ll soon begin to receive offers from available chefs. Each chef comes with ratings and detailed reviews of their previous work, so you can be confident that your chosen hire will be able to produce the sort of quality food that you require.

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Top Cooking related questions

Professional cooks usually have previous kitchen experience or qualifications. They’re paid to prepare food, either in a commercial environment, in people’s homes as a personal cook, or they may work from their own kitchen at home..

Yes. Most cooks specialise in a particular type of cooking, like baking, seafood, gluten-free, vegan, steaming, frying, or even a particular cuisine..

A professional cook doesn’t necessarily need any set qualifications, but it’s common for professional chefs to hold a certificate or have some work experience in a professional kitchen..

Professional cooks can give you a restaurant quality meal but in the comfort (and convenience) of your own home. If you’re hosting a dinner party, it means you can spend more time with your guests and minimise the clean up afterwards..

This will depend on whether your cook is assembling the meal at your place or at theirs. Generally, private catering chefs will bring all the ingredients, along with any specific appliances they need. However, they may use your basic utensils and servingware..

The price for a professional or personal cook is usually between £54 - £100 when you hire through Airtasker. It could be more or less than this, depending on how many people they need to cater for, the cost of ingredients, and the time it’ll take them to prepare the meal..


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What do cooking services include?

You can hire a cook to provide food for a range of meals and occasions, from home cooking and meal prep to specialty cooking and even dinner party catering. You can arrange cooking services to happen in your own kitchen or your cook can bring the food ready-prepared. Your chef will take care of everything from buying ingredients to cleaning up. Here’s what you can expect depending on your cooking service:

Home cooking

Want fresh meals in your home? Your home chef can either offer regular home cooking services where they cook multiple nights per week or provide a one-off meal if you just need occasional help. Your private chef will ask if you have any food preferences or intolerances, how many people they need to cook for, and what appliances and equipment they can use. They’ll usually plan the meals ahead of time, purchase the ingredients, and freshly cook the meals in your kitchen, and then clean up before they go.

Baking

Want to impress your best friend with an amazing cake for her birthday party? Or perhaps it’s your turn to bring some baking to work for morning tea? Hire a pastry chef or professional baker to create a cake, biscuits, muffins, or something else tasty. They’ll ask you how many people you’re baking for, any flavour preferences, and any special decorations you’d like. Your baker will bake at their place and deliver the finished product to your home or office once it’s ready.

Dinner party chef

If you’re planning a dinner party with friends, why not hire a dinner party chef to help take all the stress out of hosting? Your professional cook will contact you to confirm the number of guests, what courses/canapes you’d like, and whether the event is formal or informal. They’ll usually prepare most of the food where the event is being held (whether at your home or at a venue) and clean up the kitchen after they’re done.

Specialty cooking

Cooking paleo, vegetarian, vegan, or gluten-free can be a challenge, whether it’s for yourself, a family member, or for an event, you’re catering. Fortunately, many cooks are experienced with a range of different food requirements, including food intolerances, special diets, and allergies. When you hire a cook, they’ll choose recipes and ingredients that are suitable, confirming any dietary requirements before they get started. They’ll be careful to avoid cross-contamination if they’re preparing alternative meals for certain members of your family or party.

Meal preparation & planning

If you struggle to come up with meal ideas and always find yourself short of time throughout the week, why not hire a cook to prep your meals for the week? Your personal cook will confirm how many meals you’d like, the number of people, and if you have any preferences. They’ll choose meals that keep well and are easy to store, and taste great fresh or reheated. They’ll either prepare the food in your kitchen (cleaning up afterwards) or drop your freshly prepared meals off when they’re done, packaged and ready for the fridge or freezer.

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Whitechapel, Greater London, E1

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its a 2nd birthday party and its car themed and we will supply the balloons but you need to supply the backdrop the table settings and the dessert table and the desserts

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Blaina / Blainau, Gwent

5th Mar 2024

Looking for someone to help decorate the house for my partners 21st Birthday 🎈

Room decorations

£100

Summerstown, Greater London

3rd Mar 2024

I want you to decorate my room. For my girlfriend birthday

Baby shower biscuits

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Wycombe Marsh, Buckinghamshire

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16-20 baby shower biscuits

40 years birthday garden cake and photo stand decoration

£100

New Town, Kent

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40 years birthday decoration stand for cake and photo

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Millwall, Greater London

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Deliver A cake that I baked to my brother

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£100

Bushey, Hertfordshire

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I want someone to do balloon dc for my baby’s birthday party at home

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£20

Luton, Bedfordshire

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Need a home coo to make healthy breakfast and lunch for 2 people

Personalised cupcakes

£40

Barton, Cheshire

26th Feb 2024

Personlised cupcakes for a male 40th birthday with detailed designs such as guitars and motorbikes on top of each cupcake

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Brook Green, Greater London, W6

23rd Feb 2024

Birthday cake for my daughter and son

Mini cake

£10

Upper Shirley, Greater London

22nd Feb 2024

I want mini birthday cake

I need a vegetarian cook

£200

Colindale, Greater London, NW9

22nd Feb 2024

We are Indians and we need a cook

Happy 20th birthday Abby, can put anything else on the cake

£40

Gateshead, Tyne and Wear

22nd Feb 2024

Happy 20th birthday Abby Anything extra (as creative as you want)

Birthday cake

£10

Endcliffe Crescent, South Yorkshire

17th Feb 2024

Need a birthday ake to be delivered

Decorate a wedding venue

£1,000

The Borough, Greater London

17th Feb 2024

Looking for streamers for the ceiling

Home cooking

£50

Highbury, Greater London, N5

10th Feb 2024

Need help cooking healthy simple meals throughout the week